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Despite His Wounds He Will
Manage the Fight.
HIS CONDITION IS SERIOUS
Mrs. Frick Critically III from
the Severe Shock.
A SOLDIER'S AWFUL DISGRACE
Hung Up by the Thumbs and
Drummed Out of Camp.
He Persisted
Cheering for Frlrk's
Assailant, anil the Colonel Heard of It
—His Head Slmved
On« Hide—Dis
franchised for Life—Tho Career of
Desperate Young; Anarchist Who Tried
to Murder Frick.
Homestead. July 20.—Hugh O'Donnell
feturned from New York to-night.
In view of the fact that the posted notifi
cation to the strikers to return to work
Will expire at ti p. m. to-morrow, the ]
ent situation in the mills here is siguiti
. A reporter of t He Associated l'rcss,
who got into the mill from a skiff by
climbing the steepest part of the river bunk
to-day, counted all the men he found there
at work. The total was only 6ft. Ono or
I two of the huge shops, notably "Open
Hearth No. 2," were wholly deserted, not
j even a watchman being visible. The still
within was profound, and a search
for enough fire to light a cig
dismal failure, the only reward for poking
around the furnace being to pull out heaps
i of cold, black ashes, of which alone there
■earned no lack.
In s
the m
said that just
needs them it
R ite of thir deserted appearance of
Is inside, Secretary Lovejoy to day
From
put in the mills
__ 300 skilled workmen already
gaged. Then it may take from two hours
tojtwo days to start the works.
RELIEF AND AN IMPENDING STRIKE.
The Amalgamated Association's relief
committee to-day began its distribution of
funds to strikers. Mechanics and laborers
got only from $2 to $5 apiece.
■ Several strikers were to-day reported to
»•have returned to work. To offset this an
j amalgamated lodge has been formed at
* Duquesne, and there is likely to be a strike
there, laying off at least a part of Carnegie's
2,000 steel workers at that place in a day
cr two. Several participants in tho Du
, quesne meeting were to-day discharged by
: tne firm.
Homestkap, July 21.—This
day of grace allowed by the Carnegie
management for the sulking steel workers
and other employes of the Homestead
, mills to apply for reinstatenumt. Scores
of workmen were putting in applications,
but it was not at the Carnegie office. Work
was to be had for the asking at the rooms
of the Amalgamated Association's advisory
board and the headquarters of
. chaîne» and laborers further down the
street. Dwier and lngel, a firm of rail
. road contractors, had tna«ie reqilisions at
lboth places for at last 400 workmen, and
wished to come to help
branch of the Pennsylvania
a short distance from
the last
many
i grade a :
Mill vale,
Homestead.
The boon
readily accepted, chielly
'by the skilled workmen, and the vicinity
of the Carnegie offices presented a more
desolated appearance than ever. What
veented to he mainly worrying the strikers
was a desire that Hugh O'Donnell. Boss
and other leaders for whom warrants
out should not give the Pinkerton» or the
steel company officials the satisfaction of
arresting them. The i«lea was, if possible,
'Donnell and the rest give them
selves up in Pittsburg, as did Burg
McLuckie. Kxcept for this anxiety the
-strikers and their sympathizers were in
■brilliant spirit».
At O'Donnell's home everything seemed
unusually bright, particularly his wife,
t"
'who could be seen through the vines and
'• flowers surrounding the modest residence
i going blithely about her household «luties.
The Anarchists caused the strike leaders
.•ome little uneasiness by an attempt to get
out more circulars such*as have been dis
tributed, urging the militia not to be hired
butchers. It wus ascertained that one of
the two printing olfici*» in town was get
ting out 500 of tne handbills and a
■ her of the advisory committee took the
matter in hand at once. He significantly
"advised" tho printers
The advice was needed w
f
the
ail
^ »top the work.
O'DONNELL A3
Pittsbc
S »URKENDEK.
O'Donnell
warrants
this
July 21.-Hug
r ad Hugh Ros», against wn
ad been issued, came
.morning and held a consultation with
their attorney. W. G. Brennan. At the
close of their talk with Mr. Brennan the
workmen proceeded
aster's office and gave themselves np
and were by him remanded to jail.
Attorney Brennan at once entered appli
cation for the release of Messrs. Ross and
O'Donnell on bail. This request must be
made to the judge of the county court,
who has been asked by the attorney to
grant an early hearing.
Mr. O'Donnell, in an interview, ex
pressed his confidence in his being re
leased on bail ami his ability to ultimately
prove his innocence of any crime.
K HOMESTEAD
.July 21.—A dispatch from
Homestead says: Master Workman Demp
sey of District Assembly No. 3, Knights of
Labor, of Pittsburg,.arrived here at mid
night and said to the reporters: "The K.
of L. and the Amalgam»
have patched up all their old differences.
We will stand by them
Our assembly includes the Glass-blowers
f the wealthiest
i Associt
tiiis »trike.
this country. The Knigl
engaged in structural
parts of the country will refuse
product «»f the* Carnegio mill if it i
with non-union men."
rganizations
ol I ill
trades in all
handle
Homestead, July 21.—President Weihe
' V «ff Urj Amalgamated Association, ami W.
J. Brennan, counsel for the strikers, called
Governor Pattison
with him for an hour.
The governor said i
friendly call. Mr. Weihe •
that they bail come
fud the result wus
Elm.
It leaked out from various sources that
had come
-day and were
el y a
private business,
perfectly .-.atisfactory to
these two
emorto try
«» ask the gov
_ . arrange a conference be
tween the strikers anu the officers of th«»
Carnegie Steel Company. It is said that
Mr. Weihe has
tlie disastrous e
of tlie strike would have,
that they might have
workers employed by Carnegie's c
panics.
pointed out to thegovernor
fleets which a continuance
arkeil
call out tlie coke
working
SP. OTHER STRIKES.
The employes of the Shultz Bridge C
Btruction Company refused absolutely
day to handle any iron or steel manufac
tured by theiCarnegie mill.», and tin
employed by the it. ('. Frick Coke C
pany may strike
■trikers.
The trainmen and switchmen employed
by the Pittsburg. McKeesport Sl voitgh
ghiotiy railroad will meet «it Chartier»
agree upon a line of
f sympathy for tho
to-night,
in a body at any moment.
irohably,
iih? the coke workers
CARNEGIE SPIKES.
A nuutbf-r of tlie carpenter» employed nt
Grand Rapids, Mich., to lay sidewalk»,
•truck on Wednesday because the spikes
rovided were from the Carnegie works,
spikes were promptly found with a
jkiifferent bran«! on the keg, and the men
'went back to work.
I
■
Bt..L outs. Mo., Jidy
.—Home days ago
advertisement appeared in a local"paper
Jor puddiers, heaters and iron workers to
go east. Among several answers, the
advertiser, who refuses to
;Teo*ivecLan application fr«
, worker, who,while also refusing to «livulgc
this name, stater! to a reporter last night
what the advertiser was an agent <>f
fcarnegje, Rki.pps & Company; that ho
give his name,
came here direct frotu Homestead and is
hunting for men to take the places of
■trikers in the mills there.
Tho reporter's informant also said that
the wages offered were from 150 to 10 per
cent per day higher than the strikers wero
receiving at the time of the lock-out.
Pittsburg, July 22.—The steamer Tide
left the wharf here at 9 o'clock this morn
ing for Homestead with about 40 men ....
hoard, and she will continue to make trips
all day carrying men to Homestead in con
nection with the Littlo Dill, which took up
a load early this morning.
The boat wus guarded by a squad of po
licemen to prevent trouble at the wharf or
lock No. 2. At the ollice of the Tide it was
learned that the boats would bo busy all
day, and it is evident that a large number
of men will be sent up. All morning men
with satchels ami bundles were coming to
and going from tue offices of the company,
and it looks as if the company were carry
ing out their intention and making good
their claim that all the men needed could
be obtained.
As soon ns the Tide left three men, evi
dently watchers, went in the Monongahela
House ami sent messages by the \N estern
Union, evidently to Homestead, to notify
the men there that the boat had left.
THE CARES OK o'DON NELL
Pittsburg, July
Brounau und E. J. Cox, attorneys for the
Amalgamated Association this morning
presented the applications for the release
on bail of Hugh O'Donnell and Hugh
, leaders of the Homestead strikers.
The petitions were the
application of Burgess McLuckie, and
when Mr. Brennan had read the petition
lie suid : "1 suppose all the court can do,
under the rule of court, is to fix a time."
None of the attorneys for the prosecution
worein the court, and Judge Magee sent
fur Messrs. Robb, Patterson, Burk and
Burleigh.
Mr. Cox urged that the hearing be held
to-day, but this was opposed by the prose
cuting counsel. The court fixed to-morrow
ul 9.30 o'clock as the time for the heuring.
W. J.
—Messrs.
K
the
1'IXKKHTONS TELL T1IK1U STOKY.
Washinuton, July 22. — The Pinkerton
brothers were given an opportunity this
morning to explain and defend the work
ings of their system by the spéciale
mittce of the'House committee
judiciary, which has been engaged in
estigation of the labor troubles
Homestead and of the operations of the
Pinkerton system. Messrs. Hayes, Devlin
and Wright'of the Knights of Labor
present to watch the proceedings.
Before the investigation began Mr.
Devlin said that as the representatives of
the Knights of Labor they had prepared
questions they desired the committee
to ask the Pinkertons relative to their
methods of business. Chairman nates
said that the committee would examine
the questions and take such course as it
thought proper.
Robert Pinkerton took the stand and
laid before the committee a statement that
had been prepared. Messrs. Dates, Bynum
I Broderick, who were the three
hers present, retired to examine the state
ment. The statement was admitted and
relates to the history of the Pinker!....
agenev since its foundation in HW». Dur
ing the last 2U wars private watchmen
have been furnished to protect property
during strikes. Tho men employed „re
carefully selected und their ehurnclers
thoroughly iuvestiguted. The tviitehlneii
have seldom been permitted !.. curry arms
for protection unless authorized hv legal
authority. Our men have only used arms
in last, extremity to protect life. When
I nested to' send the men to I toute
refused unless all should tie
V sheriffs before going.
assured that the sheriff had
the outbreak to
. Iben
All wore
tin*
at
sworn in ns d«*j
We
promised imme«liately
deputize all
consented
either regular employes
known to us. They did not go into IV
sylvania as an armed body, and there was
intention of arming them until they
the company's property. The
sheriff's deputy, Gray, accompanied
and it was distinctly
understood he had the authority
to deputize them if necessary.
Arms and ammunition w
distributed unless the men were previously
deputized. The b«»x of i
until the strikers com met »ceil firing, when
it wus a matter of self-defence, for life
«leuih, and Klein and five other watchmen
had been shot. Kven then it was impossi
ble to shoot those firing at the barges, be
cause they placed women an«l children in
of them os breast
child was injured by
watchmen and
furnish
,.*li
of
in
be
a riot used
work». Not a
f rout
single woman
The statement then relates the story of
the surrender and the-abuses inflicted
ail the watchmen. These acts are de
duced as those of savage.», an«l the
of the Pinkerton
wifi be upheld by the luw
involved is far
present controversy between the Carnegies
ami the workmen If the owners of the !
property cannot employ watchmen to pro
life and property, then all capital so
invested is at the mercy of secret labor |
organizations, whose tyranny and den
exceed anything ever known in
tory. In all their
declure they were advised by counsel that
disclaimed i
Thé nrmeiniè 1
imporui tthinà "
......... __Homestead
. ,,, , ,
as, _ the Pinkertons j
j
they were legal.
.
:vd. July 22. The departure of i
His destina
the »tali* capital. Just before j
leaving the »eat <•! war the governor stated
emphatically that no change had been
made in the orders to the
•as being contemplated. If
su any hope that the
governor would make a personal investi
gation among the strikers during his pres*
• expectation was
disappointed. I p to 1 1«.- tinn
ing the tram for Harrisburg lm confined
his movements to :
General Huowdon's heu« iq Harter» ■
Flianty Hill. N«
the strike wore invited, directly «
• the
they showed
i'i in their difli
II
Governor Pattison about
event to-dav in 1L
.
q.s
tliut
there had bee
II
•ad, tlu
11 visi
* >»f the local leaders «.f
setly,
l for their p:
disposition t
On t he uloj
the long
known a» "company bout
top of the bei
stone's tlir
from which tin* plucn takes it.**
Hiiuntv Hill,
all the.'
usk his
ieneral H
pns»«fd alongside
as almost within a
j-storv habitations
s .»f
the
lle
, «.I tl
the doorsteps of nearly
shelters pciipl«* docked to the
tlm
iprouch of a »
■i
m with a
he -
peettng
eviction notice. N
<*t paper wen* «li-'trihiiteil «lu
f the dreaded slq
. gov
stead.
At tho strikers'headquarters the
ranks wero reported to ho
Btona wall, but the line of strikers wai
l'<<r admis.*
tho ro<
of the
•a i* I y
to
committee
double the length of .
the main gate in tlie mills tl
that a total « »f about fifty
taken within tlie fence >i
meats came fr«
•et. Arm
g«.s-ip was
had
•!. ia
just where the
, how they gr.t in or who
be learned.
they were, could
KTATRMKNT OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
The udvisory committee
stead lockout has prepared the following
statement :
•Tlu
the H«
vident characteristic of
un«l country is the plie
industrial centrafizi
the control of «-o*.• 1 1 of ourgr«*;
industries into the hands of
and giving tlu*
and «lespoiK! power over the lives i
fortunes of their
nates—thu ifi-c-at ■
atitutioii and oiir«*«>mmon law anddircctlv
antagonizes tlu* spirit of universal hi
in in- worldwide struggle alter lawful
liberty; a power which, though expresse«!
in terms of current speech as tin? right of
age tli«*ir business to suit
themselves, is coming to mean in effect
Gi«* right to manage the
, which is putting
national
:
i the
ein pl«n t.!» and suhordi
>1 tin* people—
national
a
riling 1«?»» tin
country to suit themselves.
th«; mill of Messrs.
The employes
Carnegie, Phipps
have built there a town with it» hr
schools and its churches: have for
; faithful ciwiirkers with tho
company in the business of the mills;
have invested tftousanda of «bdlnrs of their
saving» in the said mill in the expect.*
Homestead and
iiug their lives i
»rkiug in the mill «Utting tho period
of their efficiency.
of »r
of
FROTEOTION CARRIES OBLIGATIONS.
'In addition tu the ordinary gifts and
advantages of our government the national
legislature has seen lit to specially fostor
I protect by public taxation the industry
their mills, uud the state of Pennsyl
vania is to-day guarding it at great and
extraordinary expense.
"Therefore the committee desires to ex
ress to the publie
otl» the puoli
said have e
the said ml
verteil without due process of law; that
the employes have the right to continuous
employment in the said mill during effi
ciency and good behavior without regard
to religious, political or economic opinions
und associations; that it is against public
policy and subversive of the fundamental
principles of American liberty that a whole
community of workers should he denied
employment or suffer any other sociul
detriment on account ot membership in n
church, a political party or a trades union;
that it is our duty as American citizons to
resist by every legal and ordinary means
the unconstitutional, anarchic und revolu
tionary jMvlicy of tho Carnegie company,
which seems to evince a contempt of pub
lic and private interests and a disdain of
the public conscience by its refusal to sub
mit to lnwful arbitration and by the law
less iinportati
canaries to forcibly deprive the employes
of t heir equitable rights in advance of any
legnl adjudication thereupon und without
previous appeal to the lawful forces of
Allegheny county and the state of Penn
sylvania.
"The committee wish it known that wc
will prosecute the said public and private
Interests in the courts of law and et
and that wc demand of Congress
state legislatures distinct assertion of the
principle that the public has
such concerns as that
that the
fairs of
its firm belief that
ic and the employes afore
jriuitable rights and interests in
ill which cannot be modified
of a bund of armed
ra
interest in
Homestead, and
HMNMI . .. judge the af
*h concerns when occasion may
t has a duty
require.
desire to state emphatically
as defenders of and petitioners for law und
order that we pledge ourselves to refrain
from violence and lawlessness, and that
we rest our cause, which is the people's
cause, the cuuse of American liberty,
against uiiarchy
despotism
the legislature and the public conscience."
•Finally,
...... , , , , , , ,
Swiftly on the heels of thegovernor sdc
partureithe servingof eviction noticescom
menced on Shanty Hill, anil so expedi
tionsly wasit conducted tliut till of tint JO
or SO families subject to notice were served
hyfor« the chief cxceut'vo was III miles
Ins journey to the state Capitol. Asurlde
the notices were received in grim silence
ami without exhibition of feeling by the
recipients, t luef fdeltr
negie Company s police force, with one as
sistent, accompanied l.y the Carnegie
"cent. « . II. Corbett, who made |the dis
tnhutton ill person. Wdhngnoi
rent cut no figure
ad the houses giving tile company peremp
tnrv right of possession nn|10 day.v notice.
No'dintreusing scenes of forcible removal
witnessed, the 10 days postpon
ing such occurrences, though the talk of
some of those served indicate that if they
followed present i tit pulses, the unpleasant
spectacle was certain to he presented ut the
end of that period.
hand und
the other, with tin* courts.
the
Î GOVERNOR LEAVES.
Sheriff McCleary, after a ten days' stav
in Homestead, left on the same train with
Governor Pattison. The sheriff's dost i: ta
ras Pittsburg. The two officials en
gaged in earnest, consultation at Muuhull
station while waiting for the train.
Only a company of soldiers and fewer
than à dozen civilians witnessed the de
parture, which was without dotnonstra
of any kind. The train whizzed
through the centre of the Homestead mills
inclosure and then
Homestead, where only a moment's stop
was made. The governor sat al
window of the rear coach, speaking t.
one and apparently in deep cogitation. I'iio
the* advisory board of Hie
strikers' association was made public ab«
the time Governor I'attisou's
appearing in the distance.
• t he town of
Itlress fr
ras dis
ING TENANTS.
of I he C
pay
cluuse in tlie lease of
MILITARY
HTOPPF.D.
At the suggestion of Governor Patti»
At the suggestion of Governor Patti»
Homestead has
martial law
Sixty deputy sheriffs are to patrol the
n, and the militia are to keep hands off
by the civil officer» to
■d.
unless called
maintain order. Soldiers have been for
bidden t«» enter saloons.
At Carnegie's upper and lower I'nion
mills to-day the
situation, :
turned to work and
At Beaver Falls, the shut-down is com
pleto.
Go
of the strikers**have
-union
UKSNE MILLS.
the Duqocsue
stool mills«»f ('urtiegie Steel Company, to
number of three hundred, went out on
k'* 0 t<Hii{tht m ttfmpathy with the
men
The »killeil workmen
lloMRSTKAfi, Pa., July 23.—"On to Brail
dock," was the cry to-day. It was whis
pered in every dwelling, mooted
street corner, talked over at differ*
ings, until the trains running past to Brad
(| 0 ck carried hundreds of the lockud
Thev seem to carry also a refrain
which is music to the hopes of the Hörne
rn, "Braddock will close down."
of the Duques
workers the people expect tliut public
Homestead, assisted by
* from her«' and Duquesne will
compel the Kdgnr Thompson plant opera
tive- to quit almost immediately. The
here propose mukinga vigorous effort
lat end. und the Amalgamated A»»«»
on is willing to promise almost every
' they join
stea«i men, itranuoi
With the bringing
i>r.-s.^
sentiment
thing to (lie Btaddock
tin* sympathy »trike movement.
tho c«ike
here do not intend to
al if
.
;
aliumloit tliut region,
Ihe Braddock men strike to
uppcul
•«propos«
nuke per»«
-> the coke workers, t
l up Slav
1 agitators ami also to
•aniphlets hearing
tho
the strike
ake udvuu
hroadca«
and uppet. . ...
tag«.*«'t this timet
A i lark er ami
l orgumzu.
; threatening story is
here, which cuuses much
•lit. though denied by the
.Several engineers on
in cinmlati
adverse c«
Ivi
commit t««-'.
freight trains over the M
•f t he Pittsburg,
McKeesport «.V
appr« «ached
that if they
of the M mi
ghiogheny have bee
Y«
.
jd by parties unkiu
carrioil a pound of steel ■
lia 1 1 yards they would be shot .
r deputj sheriffs with huge
lering nervously
the streets t<»-«iuy. What
vutchmun
, coal and
A lew
glistening shields
I d-.w
wi'fi I
of the A
iron police, Carnegie watchme
sheriffs ami militia, tiiis is ce
Uiost policed t«»\V
ugh ollicers, special
tiled Associât!
ai illy tho
:orlil. There
the
• •f the peace ih;
■ 1:
moried tiiis morning that two
:
tlie Delaware. Lackuwi
ears fr.
Western railway about daybreak entered
;r of men
at the company
ertain that there is more
* works
workers say they notice many strange
the Steel Vi
and a large
got ult. '1 bis was denied «•
iff cos, but it i
•day, and the
• al
July 23.—At 1.5'» p.
Frick, chairman of the <
was stmt by a man sutu
w. name unknown. Tl
his office and without warning
i. Mr.
Pittsbc
II.
i.oinpanv,
be a I lehre
irod.
yet known how dangerously he
is injured, lie is able to talk. The
jsted.
11
four wound»,
m the neck,
1 the fourth
in ibi* hack i
in the
The
three shot» were heard, it is suppose«! tm
fourth wound, that in the side, is from tlie
knife.
Dr. Lfulstielil b
r making t
nation, and says lie cannot tell wlu-th
the wounds wifi result fatally. Mr. F
litioti, however, h
»«•ruai».
The would-be assassin has frequently
Mr. Frick's office, and w
itted to-day without hesitancy.
what passed bet we
f
Mr.
Frick was ah
them is
Three shot's were heard. .Secretary Leish
rushed in and grabbed the man, who
Mr. Leishraan, but
powered.
ere summoned and tlie man
central station. Great ex
citement prevails and a large crowd buc
Tt
rounds tho building in which the Carnegie
offices are located.
Much indignation is expressed at- this
cowardly net.
A I'HIXTKR AK1) RUSSIAN JEW.
The man's name is Alexander Borkmnn,
a printer. 21 years of age, and lives on
Forty-second street, this city. He is a
be an An
Russiun jew und supposed
archist.
David Forthraer, the elevator boy, says
be has been hanging around the building
for tho past three or four days, and he has
carried him up to Mr. Frick's room a num
ber of times.
When asked what reason he had for the
assault he replied, "You know what reason
I hud."
it
Pittsiutro, Pa., July 24.—Henry C.
Flick rested easily to-day. The physi
cians who
night that thcro was very little, if any,
doubt that he would fully roeoverfroin
the wounds inflicted on him by the Rus
sian Hebrew Nihilist, who attempted to
murder him in his ofllco Saturday aftcr
His temperature is 00 and he seems to
be quite cheerful and confident of his
recovery.
attending him said to
A FIFTH WOUND DISCOVERED.
A curious tiling
was discovered to-day which
in the examination made Saturday. It is
in the left leg just below tho calf and
lias almost severed the tendons. He
complained of pain in the leg, hut his
attendants imagined that it was of the
other wounds lie spoke. It was of course
carefully dressed and relief followed.
The patient has passed the day listening
to letters and telegrams and dictating
replies. Ho has also gone over the
papers quite closely and discussed their
contents.
that another cut
missed
FRICK HT
L IN COMMAND.
JO
the
as
dis
of
the
It is the intention of his associates in
the company to let Mr. Frick continue
the direction of the contest at II*
stead from his home, as they believe
that tho worry and anxiety of enforced
idleness in such a crisis would do him
3 harm than the work itself. Frick
himself will not hear of any oilier
course.
1 said I would he hack at the office
Monday," ho declared, "but if l can
least take up my
not do that I c
•rk hero."
Dr. Litchfield, who is in constant at
tendance at the house, says Mr. Frick is
doing nicely, and unless
un looked lor occurs the patient will be
up and about in a few days.
Several hundred telegrams w
celved by tho wounded
sympathizing with him in his affliction.
of
Thing
to-day,
A TURN FOR THE WORSE.
At midnight Dr. Litchfield, who is
attending Mr. Frick, said that while Mr.
Frick's condition was not critical, his
recovery was not absolutely certain,and
that tho «langer line would
reached for several day»,
much less hopefui view than those ex
pressed by Mr. Frick's frionds. The
wounded man was resting quietly at 12
o'clock.
The story that an attempt was made
to poison the Frick family was authori
tatively denied to-day. Mrs. Frick is
very seriously ill to-night, however.
She gave birth to a child about two
weeks ago, and on account of her con
dition was not informed «>f the trouble
at Homestead or of the attempt to kill
Mr. Frick.
To-day she happened to pick up a
Sunday paper, ami then for the first
time learned what had happened.
IN A PRECARIOUS CONDITION.
She fell to the floor in a faint,
ono fainting spell, lias succeeded another
since, iter condition is considered
dangerous.
be
This is a
pay
of
the
off
to
■d.
for
TERM /» LE l'l .\ I s II .If /; s T.
j
TERM /» LE l'l .\ I s II .If /; s T.
A Soldier IIiiur I'i» l»y tlu* Thumb» for
Cbrorina for Frick*» AnNnilnnt.
Homestead, July 24.—The new» of
the attempted assassination of Mr. Frick
reached the military camp on tho hill
top on the other side <»f the river about
2.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. This
camp is but little frequented by visitors,
it happened that the terrible punish
ment and the great disgrace of
who had expressed IBs approbation of
the Anarchistic deed all passed many
hours before, any outsider heard of it.
'as a privato soldier >f Coin
His
The
pany K of tho Tenth Regiment,
name is Thomas lams, and until hr*
paraded in disgrace before the whole
brigade very few outside of his
company hud heard of hint,
young man, loss than 30 years of age,
and comes of a good family. His father
line commissioner «»f Ore«
county, and quite wealthy. Tito young
is a drummer for a Pittsburg house
and although his b<
burg, he is in Pittsburg most of the time
and lias a large circle of friends there.
He was standing in front of his tent in
tho company street cleaning his rifle.
There were dozens of soldier» standing
and sitting about in idleness. Lieiiteuant
Golonel James Htreator, who, while
Colonel Hawkins is acting ascommamler
of the brigade, is in command of the
Tenth Regiment, approached n group of
''We've j.ust hoard n.*r
, as at
! is in Waynes
Homestead.
rible news fr«
Frick has been shot."
"Who did it? Who did it?"
asked eagerly. The soldier t« » win
put the ({uestiun did not know. I
id to his tent, took up his rille
»ment buried in
Mr. H. C.
iie
again amt stood f
thought. Then lie raised his voice and
cried: "Boys, lot's givo tlire« cheer- for
who shot Frick and homay."
s ceased and the men look«:«! at
another in consternation,
ator, who Lad started t
tlm
All voi
:
alk off,
turned and looked lams full in the face,
lams stared at him defiantly, the other
•mb«.rs of the company anticipating
trouble walked slowly away, so u-., to be
out of hearing.
FRICK W.
SHOT.
The colonel
stood. "Y
by that?" I:
1 answered :
glad that Frick
too."
walked
lan, what did y
s looked down sulkily
1 meant that I was
where I inns
as shot, und I
"Now, my friend, y
and you have
remarks.
business to make such
•o you want to retract
1
thought for a mome
«I tiien
raised his head
glad that Mr. Frick was shot, and I
not retract anything I said that 1 really
meant."
1 said : "!
DISCS HA
.DIEU.
Tho colonel turned and left him. Five
minutes lat«*r he gave the order for the
regiment to assemble with«
f Company K felt
unbled with serious faces.
When the regiment was finally assem
bled Uol'iuol Htreator addressed tlie men
thus: ''When tie* news of the attempt
Mr. Frick's life was announce«! a
few minutes ago a member of this r«*gi
•nt offered three cheers for tlie assas
sin. 1 want that
pares."
There was deep si lettre, but
moved. "1 know the man," the colonel
eontiaued, "and he can gain nothing by
keeping silent. 1 order him to step f
ward at once."
j . rite
hat was
ing and :
advance two
ttons.
unothor moment of
pense and then lams advanced two
paces, sainted respectfully
teutiou. Iu spite of the severe disci
uLme of the camp the other soldiers who
UT OFF
There
i stood fit
had heard tho footsteps could not re
frain from looking around at the cul
prit. Colonel Htreator advanced to
where lams stood, took out his pen
knifo and amid the most profound si
lence cut the buttons off the soldinr's
uniform. When he bad finished und
retired a few paces to look at him, lams
saluted again in a most respectful man
ner. "Coporal of Company K," called
the colonel. The corporal advanced and
saluted.
HANDED BY IMS THU MHS.
"Take this man to the guard tent. Ask
tho surgeons to stand by and string this
man up by his thumbs until he can stand
it no longer.
lams, who up to this point had stood
flushed, but entirely self-possessed,
turned the color of chalk and trembled,
but ho never flinched. With another
salute to his colonel he turned and fol
lowed tho corporal to tho guard tent.
The men were dismissed and with awed
faces retired to their tents. Three regi
mental surgeons followed lams to the
guard tent. The young man soon gained
his self-possession, and held out his
thumbs for one of his fellow-soldiers to
tie. A stout piece of twine was tied
tightly to each thumb, and lams raised
while the corporal drew the
line over the tent pole. Tho cord was
pulled by three men until lams stood on
tiptoe, and then it was made fust.
AWPL'L TORTURE.
The surgeons took turns counting his
pulse beats. They had to stand
chair to do so. Not a word was spoken.*
The young
white, but his eyes
determination. His arms
with his weight and the muscles stood
out stiffly. The twine was cutting into
his flesh, but lie pressed his lips firmly
together and did not allow a moan to
escape him.
The soldiers and the corporal turned
their faces away. Tho sight was
painful. The surgeons, watch in hand,
kept their lingers on his pulse,
heats came faster
the man's head fell forward on his
breast and his eyes closed, lie could
longer press the ground with his
•s. His dead weight hung heavy
the twine. Minute after minute paused
I his pulse beats wore constantly in
creasing. At last one surgeon said :
"One hundred and twenty beats; lot
him down." He had hung for li
utes. A surgeon held him firmly while
the soldiers cut tho cord. The body fell
into his arms and he laid it gently
the ground. The eyes opened and lams
said : "Let me lie here; l feel sick."
: TENT ALL NID1IT.
his
's face was deathly
brilliant with
'ere rigid
Tho
l faster, and slowly
They covered him with a blanket ami
withdrew. lams lay there in the guard
tent all night. Colonel Streator made
his report to Colonel Hawkins, who in
dorsed it and sent it by an orderly across
trail .Sn(
Snowden read it over carefully and,
after indorsing it, said:
"Dismiss this
your regiment and drum him out of
camp to-morrow morning."
These were written orders, but to the
lerly ho added: "Toll Colonel
Hawkins to have the man's head shaved
î he is dismissed,
done and the man
the river to (î
l«3ii. General
iu disgrace from
sido hef
This
drummed out of camp.
His discharge front the militia in «lis
gracc deprives hitn of his franchise. He
cannot east a vote
public office.
• can lie ever hold
I'revloitN Career
Kiiftsiiin
Wl»«» Stmt Frick.
New \
i, July 23.—The
who
Anarchist of the | c
the Anarchists i
se for hi
Alexander Berk
Austrian Hebrew,ami
a printer's apprentice when he
arrived in thin country several years
ago. He was 21 years old and lived
Forty-second street. In Vienna he wai
associated with Joseph Boukert,
Austrian, who has posed as a rabid
Anarchist for many years in different
parts of the world. Berkman was of
late years ono of his most devoted
pupils. Feukert was then editor of
Anarchist paper published i
and called Hie Autonomie. Poukert
organized a group of Anarchists under
j the title of "Autonomists." He was
sent to prison twice for treasonable
utterances and wus said to have been
banished from Austria when he went to
London in 1H84. He was accompanied
to London by some of his regular fol
lowers, among w hom Bcrknmu was very
, although he was very young
shot Mr, Frick wus
worst type, but ov
New York bed
known in this city
an. lie was
likely
then.
IK EUT AND
Peukert and his associates wore taken
up by the Anarchists of London, ami
Johann M
, who was tit«'
liting the
, befriended him for a
Anarchists
) suspicious of Peukert, and Most
Fir i/o it in Load«
time, li
hoot
charged him with being a police spy. A
number of Ho«*iulists and Anarchists
were arrested at this
alleged that the police secured their
information fr«
arcliists wore especially aroused, because
among the victims was Victor, or David,
N«.*cve, a favorite
followers fell under suspicion with him,
but some of them managed to clear
themselves.
Wlii
iti 1890 to found a group of
ists," lie met with a
Herr Prestio presided
Hall meeting on the night of June lHth,
1890, when Poukert was introduced
the. Anarchists of New York. About
100 were present. Adolph Schenk, a
compositor in Moat'» office, denounced
Peukert as a spy, thief and fraud. One
Anarchist pull««! Poukert's nose and
•tlier kicked him. Further unpleas
ant demonstrations were interrupted by
the janitor, who turned the gas out.
Berkman probably ot
Peukert, hut he must have be
clear himself of the charge«
against his teacher, for lie secured a job
as compositor i
Williams street, in the spring of this
year. I'p to that time he had worked
at odd jobs all over the country. That
he had traveled a great deal was sin
by his talk to his associates and friends,
lie had spent most of his time in .New
England ami in Pennsylvania, lie had
a peculiar disposition and was
even by the men who held the s:
opinions as himself regarding social
institutions ,government and laws, lie
•orkman and re
ceived as wages only #8 a week, while
even Most pays $18 for a fairly good
compositor.
)i' the. I.oiid
!, and it w
Peukert. Tho An
f theirs. Peukert'»
Peukert ct
; to this country
" Aut« uu un
reception.
t tuo Glare
> over with
able to
directed
Most's office,
liked
a
,'as also a very pout
WOUKED
MOST.
Most kept Berkman from April 1st
until July 4th. Then ho discharged
him for incompetently.
Berkman has beim lining nothing, but
is sahi to have ben drinking
deal.
He is
frequent visitor
in
• been a
ns of the
to the sal«
•ur Tompkins Square, which
are frequented by Anarchists. The pro
prietor of the "Gruber Michel," a saloon
Fifth street, Wh«» is said to know all
the extremists, stated to-day that lie did
not know Berkman, although ho had
heard that Berkman had lived i
neighborhood.
the
Pittsburg, July 25.—Hugh O'Don
nell, the leader of the Homestead strik
ers, who is charged with murder, was
released this morning on $10,000 bail.
Hugh Ross, Martin Pay and
Alien, three other defendants in the
Homestead murder cases, w
leased
etcr
also
bail wall O'Donnell.
FEE!. HU HK 11 E
VII.I. RECOVER.
Mr. Frick passed
and is resting
Secrotury Lovejoy remarked this morn
ing:
a comfortable night
sily this morning.
Up till 51 o'clock Mr. Frick did well,
sleeping.
and at that hour he
lie awoke refreshed about 0 o'clock
and fueling muoh better. Tho physi
direct dunger from the
clans fear
wounds themselves. Of course there
which may follow.
are complicati
Wo hope for tho best and feel sure he
will recover."
B EllO MAN WANTS IIAM AND ED OS.
Pittsburg, July 25.—Bergman, the
would-be slayer of 11. C. Frick, passed
a quiet night at tho county jail. He
arose at 0 o'clock this morning and tho
first person he
Alecse. His first question
•as Warden Me
;for
enco to Mr. Frick's condition. The
warden informed him that Mr. Frick
would recover.
"Well l :
. Just at this time
guards came along and left a
bread and some fresh water i
man's cell.
"What's that V" asked the young
Anarchist V" "Why that's your break
fast," said tho warden. "Is that all 1
get V At tho other prison I was in Satur
day they gave me eggs and coffee.
Can't I get a little hum and eggs for my
breakfast V"
"That i
will have to live on it."
"How many meals do I got a day ?"
"Three," said Warden McAleese, with
a smile.
"Are they nil like this one?" ho
y for that," said Herg
! of the
, loaf of
Berg
regular tare and you
asked.
'•un, no; wo have some variety."
"At what tinto do I get throe meals?"
"Well, you get your breakfast now,
and at dinner time you get two meals,"
said the warden with a smile.
"Don't I get any supper?"
"Yes, you get that at dinner time?"
"This is a great place to live,"
marked the prisoner, and then started
other subjects.
Speaking of his crime Bergman said
he was willing to stand the e.onsoquen
Somo people think that
I had some confederates, nut that is nil
1 did the whole thing myself
lit belongs to me."
teaks four different lau
Mo A loose says that in
his opinion Hrcgtnan is not crazy.
is HI EUE.
ees. He said :
and all thee
Tht
man »no
Wurde
guag
Homestead, July 25.—A lull today
of tlu* most pronounced kind opened
•»lead. The Btrik«*rs
and Boldiurs at last seem to have fully
settled to the conclusion that a long and
tedious »logo was before them and that
there is nothing to do but wait. The
departure of a majority of the musicians
helped I« * giv«j tint camp
1 the workmen for the greater part
adopted a new course by remaining
away from headquarters and «levoting
their attention to long-deferred repair»
in sidewalk» and fences at their h
Among the few to ho found in public
places there were practically only two
subjects of conversation, tin* piuiish
mt of privat« lams and expected re
turn of Hugh O'Donnell. Generally
any demonstration when O'Donnell
arrived
hinted that
tho week i
dull air,
deprecated, though
a woll-arranged
tan eons" display of their fueling was
altogether improbable. The chances
<»f a collision with the troops
, believed to be almost if not quite
»P 1
| c *
of
to
ut zero.
TRYING TOHTAUTTIIK IMTT8RU11G
I.LB.
no, July 25 —All approaches
to the Thirty-third street mill of the
Carnegie company ate guarded this
morning by a large detachment of police.
It i:
will he made to
in this mill a:
about scUltid that
effort
put several hundred
s they c
arranged for. No strangers have yet
arrived at the works. Only those hands
employed continually since the »hut
do w
ho
duty.
bout the interior of
the departments indicates that they are
in readiness for
u are lighted, as they have been for
the past few days. The locked-out men
are taking matters coolly. One said to
day that, lie could not sec why ollicers
:e«le«l when
tho Strikers part had been made »
J« 'lays ago
But everything
•rkers. The fur
dumonsLratii
fat.
Tho men inferred that tho firm could
pul men in the mills without fear of
destation. On the other hand, sev
eral «»f the present working force think
that precaution is necessary. Tho state
ment that the city mills of the company
were to start to-day is denied by Huerc
tary Lovejoy, who stated that tho
pany was in no hurry with these v
Mr. Lovejoy added : "The great fight is
Homestead, and to tliut cud we will
give our undivided attention, and when
it the other mutters will he
the
a
A
a
One
and
by
job
this
That
.New
had
social
lie
re
while
good
orks.
cosily completed.
'donnell's case.
PiTTsnun««, July 25.—A largo crowd
present til is morning at tlm crimi
nal court to hear tho decision of Judge
the triplication of Hugh
ill, the Homestead strike leader,
bail. O'Donnell was less
nervous than during his hearing and
seemed to be confident of obtaining his
I AO EE
Mag
o'D*
for, release
un
O'Donnell, Ross, Fay and Allen, wore
court at 9.35 o'clock, and
brought
Judge Magee said :
"I have g
The right to be admitted to hail is
constitutional right, and there must
ovidenc«* or strong presumption of
der in the first degree before a ma
b«» refused bail. 1 have indicated before
tho responsibility of those engaged
in this riot, and 1 need say
here. Tin* first shots came from the
shore. There was devilish malignity
the part of the mob. The evidence
showed the defendant, was not an active
participant in the killing. It shows
in spmputby with tlie crowd and
he, by his idly standing by, is reponsihle
for the acts. I do not think there is any
doubt about tho right of the prisoner
he hailed, and will fix the amount
$ 10*000. Tho way it stands he is charge
able with murder in the snmo degree."
District A tt« »rney Burleigh—"Under
your honor's ruling we are content
the other defendants being admitted
the same bail."
The court then proceeded to accept
bail and the defendant» were released.
tho case carefully.
with
to
liked
I'lrrsBUiio, July 20.—The belief
Nihilist Bergman was not alone in
plot to assassinat« Frick is fast hut:
conviction. Roger < » Mura, the superinn
deni of police of tiiis city, wh
New York Hmiduy evening, stated that
WU» other business that
hut, in view of the developments of yester
day uud the arrests that have been made
here, tiiis statement is discredited. Two
arrests wore made curly last evening,
last night i
would lie nmny
Tins tw
known
both live in tlie Anarchist colony!
The first
:hist of tlie reddest hue. He is 24 y
old. and h«? lives with his wife and
child at 5 Cherry street, Allegheny.
THE RELIEF THAT IIEUUMAN
Mr. O'Mara believes, it is stated on
1st
but
•k him there,
a
the
which
pro
saloon
all
did
had
«iv
that there
ruing.
arrested arc and have
» Anarchist» in tiiis city. They
s (,'uri Knoll),
the
strik
was a tool
illst circle in
collent authority, that Bergr
of some Anarchist or Nth
Now York, and with that circle, working
in conjunction with tlie numerous An
archists in Pittsburg and Allegheny, re
solved and plot!oil tho removal of Mr.
F rick, ami that Bergman was selected to
do the work, and that ho Imd accomplices.
The arrest of Knolb is the result of in
formation furnished by the Adams Ex
press Company. July With the express
company, at its ollice in Allegheny, re
ceived a'package containing *4 uddressed
to Alexuudcr Bergman, care of CarlKnolb,
f> ('berry street. Five days later another
received by the
package, containing $<*,
express company, marked to Bergman
tkiu same address. This last packagu w
from Long i
When the
Branch, N. .1.
nows of the attempt
Frick's life was published in the evening
papers, tho agent of the Adams Express
Company immediately informed the po
lice of these fuels. Detectives Steele of
Allegheny and William Shore arrested
Knitlb to-night und brought him to the
police station. Here tho prisoner protested
his innocence of any erime, and very
willingly told the police all that he knew
about Bergman.
"The young man," he said, "came to my
house two weeks ago and said lie was a
genösse— that is, a com rude in the cause.
I invited him to stay witli me. At the
same time l wrote to Herr Most and asked
him if lie knew anything about Bergman.
Most wrote back that I hud better look out
for him as lie w
walking together several times, and l
showed him around the city. Wednesday
lie bought a new suit of clothes at Fleish
mauii's. Thursday
down Fifth avenue. We
Mr.
good. We went out
walking
ppod in front
ol' Mr. Frick's office, and Bergman
up stairs, lie told me lie was looking f
work. We went there again Friday morn
ing und Bergman went up stairs, but he
: down and said tliut no one was in.
"That uftcrnoou he told me lie was
going west on the 7.30 train. I went with
tiilu to the depot and left him at the gate,
through which ho went as if to go
board
him. As soon
ing in the papers 1 knew it was Bergman
because he was very bitter against Frick
expected
in. That is the lost 1 saw of
I read about the shout
and often told
•sled."
This settles the story Bergman told and
still insists on, to the effect tiiat he came
here only Thursday. Tho story above is
all that the police will tell, but It is not by
any means ail that Knolh told the police.
He was thoroughly frightened when he
was examined by the detectives at the
police central station, and it is stated on
excellent authority that ho gave some very
important information that led to the
other arrest. So far tho notice have re
fused to give the name of the second man
they have arrested, nor will they tell what
they have against him. The
Pittsburg.
the indications are that Bergtu
not he allowed
years, the penalty for i
of felonious assault. Six i
were made against him tl
charging him with offences under «Illicit
receive sentences aggregating
years in the penitentiary. The fouiml in
formations were madA before Alderman
James McMaster» by Secretary Loyejoy of
the Carnegie Steel Company, iimiteo, this
evening. I'hree are for felonious assault
and three for entering a building Tor the
purpose*.! - committing a felonious assault,
pfcihc informations
•kjnnl one for the attempt upon
; bf Vice-chairman Leishtnun, who
Tho office witli Mr. Frick
lie other tlirâe charges
at it is alf^pd that tho offences
separate dates, the
he
ail lives i
wifi
escape with the term of
*111.11 It MIS
«♦veiling.
tie
Two
for asauult
ing Fri
■ lift
ill the
alike,
m mit ted
were _
«lates named being July' 5th, 22d and 23d
The alderin:
fixed next Saturday
j for holding the preliminary hear
ings. Bail was jixcd ai ÿ.i.uoo in euch of
the cases f«u* uVutnltiug Chairman Frick,
and $1,000 in ea«*ii of the «»liter four
charges, making-$ 14,000 in all.
A wild rumor Was i
Hut
during
the «lay that useful friend» of Bergman
urrived in I'iff» burg from Chicago last
night, armed with dynamite bombs anti
curtriducH, und timt» au uttenuH would be
made to pass »unit* of the explosives
ttic prisoner. Thu jail AUtho^ties do
lake much stock in the story, hut wifi be
very careful to allow no one to sec hitu.
from New York stuted that
Aaron .Stamm, companion and country
man of Bergman, came to Pittsburg with
him and i» supposed to have been impli
cated with him in the pi '
I'hairniau Frick. Bergman, when ques
tioned by Warden McAleese regarding the
millier, emphatically denied tliut he hud
any accomplice, and »aid that he cume here
The police say that they have located
the man in Long Branch who sent the two
packages, supposed to contain money, to
Wdieu Knoll» was »earehed at the station
■us found in hispockutuu illustrated
paper containing a picture of Mr. Frick.
He is badly scared, and lias contradicted
his former statement that he took Berg
the ('urtiegie offices.
cireuluti
A telegri
y ■'■m- ' ■ <■
there
Til E Til I'M RS TU I Ml Vi CTJJU.
(•■'eat liidtgiiattiiu l-.xpi
l*miisliinciit 1 tillit-K-il l 'pou Him.
Washington, July 26.— The severity of
tho punishment- inflicted by the officers of
I lie Pennsylvania militia upon Private
lams, who
assassin of
>sed throe clieo
Frick,
Washington, and it is the
for the
C"
■as much
gotieral opinion that the officers went
good «leal
to excuse the
most severely bh
the press reports sh
ar. There is
disposition
»Idler, but the officer»
;
far as
, without even the
-martial, ami the opinion
wus freely expressed about the w
part incut that if officers in the regular
service were to act as had General Know
had d<
seriously in danger.
As for the infliction <»f torture, as was
done in tricing the prisoner up by the
thumbs, Colonel Leiber, the acting judge
advocutu-geucrul of tin* army, said there
was mi such punishment provided for in
the army regulations
punishment bei
-It's a relie of
form of
1 Colonels Hawkins and Htreator
ne their commission» would be
imr hud any such
inflicted since tlie
the old
lie also declared it w
against tho regulations to dismiss a
from the service without trial by c
martial.
The punishments ailministercd in the
navy have the reputation <»f being
litinrily severe, and ve.t-There is not
«»nicer in that service', from the senior
admiral down, who would dare to order a
ho triced up by the thumb», and
tbat without the form of a trial. It will be
remembered that but a few years ago Com
mander Me''alia of the Enterprise, was
severely punished by sentence of court
martial for arbitrary treatment of his men
; severe than tliut accorded by tho
Pennsylvania militia officers to their
anarchistic private.
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.lTlAMKN DENOUNCE IT.
New York, July 25. —The punishment
inflicted
Regiment of the Pennsylvania National
Guard, stationed at Homestead, Saturday
afternoon, for proposing three cheers for
whoshot ( 'liairmun Frick,formed
tlie principle subject in Nationul Guard
circles in this city yesterday. The
be that the
Private lams
the Tenth
the
census of opini
ishnient was unprecedented ami bar
l (.'olonel Htreator w
giving the
seems
loudly
the
denounced for
benefit of a court martial.
Brigadier-general Emmons Clark, the
former commander of the Seventh Regi
ment, said: "Colonel Htrcator's action has
precedent in this state. Tlie military
code of New York would not admit of Rticn
extreme punishment. We cunnot,
course, judge of the conditions at.Home
stead, but it seems to me that the puuish
thuextreme. As there
it
i* a s carried
martial law proclaimed id Home
see iiow lams could have
»tend, I «io
been punished without a military trial,
Private lams has any friends they will n«»t
hesitate long in bringing a civil uction
ugaiust (.'olonel Htreator."
A number of
regiments made remurks, and many In
lluetitial citizens expressed the hopiitlmt
Colonel Htreator would not go unpunished.
Charles C. Burgoyne, the law printer,
who is known to neurly every lawyer and
law firm in New York, to-day sent the fol
lowing dispatch to Lieutenant-colonel
Htreator, who '
regiment, which is stutioned at Homestead
during the troublo at the Curuegie works
Lieut-Hunt-hol-mel Sr tutor. Ilomtst ad. Pa.:
Law-abiding w«m who believe that every
* members of other
command of the Tenth
on titled to trial bofor« condemnation and/,
punishment will agree with mo that the
perpetrated by you, lixlomod by
rlor onicera and partl«*lpnte«l tu by y iur
roKlmontal Burgeons, Is a crime only parai «led A
by the Crimea of a mob. My check for a good 1
round mim 1« at the «Unpofutl of any Fenneyl- f
vaulii lawyer who will undertake to bring
JuKtlco. Believe me, there are nmny men lu ■
tlita city, not only humble cltlzeun like mynolf, H
well, who are willing to ■
: i
but military
liNiHon ttuilr purso luring* lint such a monu
mental crime may not go umuinlshml.
C. G. Bl'RQOTNE.
ft
Mr. Burgoyne, speaking of the matter, nj
said: "When 1 came down tb breakfast ^
this morning 1 picked up a newspaper and „V
read of the cownrdly outrage perpetrated iff
by Lieutenant-Colonel Htreator on the M
young man, Thomas lams, of Company K,
Tenth Regiment, because he hid called for
three cheers for the man who shot Mr. {ft
Frick. That Btreator should order Iuiu9 R
to he strung up by (lie thumbs for 20 of
minutes until he became uneonaeipue and
then have his bend shaved and drum hirni
out of camp is an outrage of the blackest
kind. I have nothing whatever to say
about the shooting of Air. Frick. No man
bus a right to shoot another except in such
cases as the law' gives him the right to do
so. and at the same time no man, he he
ldicr or privato citizen, has u right to he
condemned and punished without a trial.
"Lieutenant-colonel Htreator was at the
head of a regiment to prevent u mob vio
lating the law. Streator and the officers A
who countenanced the punishment of I
lams without u trial petud like n mob ft
themselves. They took the law into their I
precedent that I ft
know of for such uction. Under all cir* ft
cmnstunccs a court-martial should have r
matter what
in dieted, it would be
rn hands. There is
been held, and then
punishment w
after the accused hud hud a trial. 1 left
home with breakfast, 1 was so worked
up ut the outrage. I believe that Lieutenant
colonel Streator should be punished, and
tliut he will be, and what 1 have said I
will stick to."
Mr. llurgoyno is an American by birth
and served with a Pennsylvania regiment
MAY SEEK REDHK88.
the late war.
Homestead, July 26.—The lams case
I limitons to become national, Homestead
people talked of nothing else. Even the
f Hugh O'Donnel after his release
subordinated by it. f let
's and telegrams denouncing the treat
of the young
reived in Homestead, in Pittsburg and by
the governor of Pennsylvania. One of the
Governor Pattison was from
correspondents of l'enn
tlic removal of Lieu
from prison
have been
protests
the Washingt
sylvania, asking f
tenant-colonel .strcator, who ordered the
punishment to lams. When Colonel
Streator was told this to-night he said if
these correspondents came over to his camp
md made any such treasonable remarks
those made by lams he would treat
them in the same way he had treated lams.
Young lams threatens to bring suit
against Colonel Streator and Major-general /
Snowden, but this is by no meuns the »
most serious aspect of the case if reporta J
true. It has caused much feeling in I
tho national guard, particularly among the I
rank and file, and members of the'Tenth I
Regiment
that Company K,
authority for the statement
to which Innis belonged,
wifi huve to be disbanded, because i
«io not intend to re-oulist after their present
terms of euiistmcnt have expired. .Several
Tenth Regiment men made this stutemunt.
They say lams was not** popular, but that
they wish to show their disapproval of his
punishment by leaving the militia.
Officers of the troops almost generally
approve Colonel Streator's action. Colonel
Case, of the Fourth Regiment, told his
men that if any of them indulgod in
jubilation over Bergman's crime he would ]
treat them the same way. But if Colonel ]
Case had heard the expressions of some of I
1» is soldiers he would have discovered that I
they «lid
share his opinion in approv
ing the humiliating punishment ucc<»rdod
Private lams. They condemned lams' re
mark, but they thought hi» punishment
brutal ami outrageous. Officers of lams'
regiment, tho Tenth, were seemingly a
unit in upholding Colonel Htreator. They
row heated in their condemnation of the
isgrace«! private ami lauded their
mander for his action. If many of the
officers think lums
they failed to suy
li
treated harshly;
. A few of them, how
.Ic comments not flattering to
'olonel Streator'» uction.
ing victim's story.
Mr. lams, the disgraced
Homestead yesterday from Pittsburg,ft
where lie spent the night. He was look-«
ing for Colonel Streator He cr«»»sed tboIL
river to the camp of the Tenth and was W
told that Colonel Htreator had cnlined to ■
tbe other side, fams went buck, but did
not find the colonel, lie then
back «
to Pittsburg. Before leaving Homestead H
In* told tiiis story. He »aid he was only 19 f
years old, and came from one of the best
families in Pennsylvania. His home was
in Waynesburg, nut he was temporarily
residing in Allegheny, and his occupation
that of a commercial trav«>ler for a
Cincinnati firm. "1 was lying in front of
Colonel Htreator'» tent .Saturday after
said Jams, ''when the news came
tliut Frick had been shot. I »homed
that shot him,' in a
'Hurrah for the
thoughtless manner. Soon after ('olonel
Htreator mustered the regiment and
asked who shouted. I stepped forward
und Colonel Htreator asked
make a retraction. He asked in sucht
insolent way that I refused to retract.
Then I was taken to the guard-house,
where Colonel Htreator again asked me to
retract. 1 again refused, and lie ordered
mo to be strung up by my thumbs. I
hanging there 2k minutes. Every few
minutes Col. Htreator or some other officer
asked if I had enough. I refused to
upoligizo, but 1 did not make any uncom
plimentary remarks about Colonel
Htreator. At the end of 28 minutes, l
fainted and they took
left in the guard-house all night and at
daybreak a barber shaved off part of my
hair and moustache. Then 1 was given an
old pair of trousers, an undershirt and a
hat in exchange for my uniform and
drummed out or camp." Mr. lams said
lm did not like Frick but that he would liavo
retracted what he said had he been asked
to do so in i
Mr. lams
proposes to take civil action to have this
outrage righted. He added: "Nearly all
and many of the officers sy'ntpa
*" me. While 1 was in the guard
* of the officers »ent mo beer
down. I w
gentlemanly manner.
American citizen and
the
thizc with
house sum
anil a lunch. Thu boys of ray own coro
3 beer and an offer of finan
panv sent
cial assistance in prosecuting Htreator."
The most interesting <pie»iiou in the
rase is whether corporal punishment
he indicted on a soldier in a militia camp
under any circumstances, even when
tiul law is in force, ami whether
tern:«* such us that pussed on lams could be
legally executed without the formality of
a court-martial, for it is certain that if a
court-martial was held, it was not regular,
for lams was not brought before it, and
hail no chance to make a defence.
(ieneral Hnowden was asked by the re
porter whether a court-martial had been
held. He said that his understanding was
that lams had been convicted by such a
tribunal, lie would not express an opin
ion to tbc justice of the punishment.
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ih
One leads to
the other. Tlie
"cutting" of
Prices leads to
ihe substitu
tion of worth
lees good»—
fraudulent im
itations of the
genuine medi
cine, dilutions
of it, all sorts of cheap substitutes to make
a larger profit. That's
makers of Dr. Pierce'» medicine» object
to the cutting of prices —and that's the
reason tboy prevent it, on their medicine«.
To protect tho public from fraud, the
nenuine (/uarantred medicines of Dr.
R. V. Piereo uro now Bold only through
ggiste regularly authorized 'as agent«.
Golden Medical Discovery ( for the liver,
blood and lung«), $1.00. Favorite Pro
B«?ription (for woman's weaknesses und
ailment« ), $1.00. Pleasant Pellets ( for tho
liver, stomach and bowels), 26 cente.
But they're the cheapest medicines »old,
for you pay only for tlie good you act.
The money is refunded if they don't bono
Boware of spurious Imita
tions or substitut» at lower prices than
above.
tho reason tho
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